Factory 251
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Factory 251 is a well-known Manchester nightclub and live music venue housed in the former Factory Records headquarters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Factory 251 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9210837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Factory 251 Context triple: [Whitworth Street West, hasLandmark, Factory 251]
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A.
Factory 2050
Factory 2050 is a cutting-edge, reconfigurable digital manufacturing facility operated by the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, focused on developing and demonstrating next-generation production technologies.
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B.
Factory
"Factory" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, known for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal delivery.
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C.
The Factory
The Factory is a notable arts and cultural venue in Dublin, Ireland, associated with creative performances and events.
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D.
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol’s legendary New York City studio and avant-garde hub, famous for its experimental art, film, and celebrity-filled gatherings in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Third Factory
"Third Factory" is a seminal autobiographical and theoretical work by Russian formalist critic Viktor Shklovsky, reflecting on his life, literary theory, and the cultural milieu of early Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Factory 251 Target entity description: Factory 251 is a well-known Manchester nightclub and live music venue housed in the former Factory Records headquarters.
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A.
Factory 2050
Factory 2050 is a cutting-edge, reconfigurable digital manufacturing facility operated by the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, focused on developing and demonstrating next-generation production technologies.
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B.
Factory
"Factory" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, known for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal delivery.
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C.
The Factory
The Factory is a notable arts and cultural venue in Dublin, Ireland, associated with creative performances and events.
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D.
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol’s legendary New York City studio and avant-garde hub, famous for its experimental art, film, and celebrity-filled gatherings in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Third Factory
"Third Factory" is a seminal autobiographical and theoretical work by Russian formalist critic Viktor Shklovsky, reflecting on his life, literary theory, and the cultural milieu of early Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nightclub ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Factory Records ⓘ |
| buildingEra | 19th-century warehouse or mill style ⓘ |
| city | Manchester ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
dance floors
ⓘ
live performance stage ⓘ multiple rooms ⓘ |
| hasCapacity | several hundred people ⓘ |
| hasConnectionTo | Madchester music scene legacy ⓘ |
| hasEntrancePolicy | age restricted ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
live music performance space
ⓘ
night-time entertainment venue ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfFloors | 3 ⓘ |
| hasPostcode | M1 ⓘ |
| hasStreetAddress | 112–118 Princess Street, Manchester ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official Factory 251 website ⓘ |
| heritage |
Manchester music history
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ |
| hosts |
DJ events
ⓘ
club nights ⓘ live concerts ⓘ student nights ⓘ |
| housedIn | former Factory Records headquarters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ city centre of Manchester ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
alternative
ⓘ
electronic dance music ⓘ indie ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Factory Records catalogue numbering system
ⓘ
linked to:
Factory Records
|
| near |
Oxford Road corridor in Manchester
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford Road, Manchester
|
| notableFor |
association with Factory Records
ⓘ
location in former Factory Records offices ⓘ |
| occupiesBuildingPreviouslyUsedBy | Factory Records ⓘ |
| openedAsNightclub | around 2010 ⓘ |
| operatesDuring | late night hours ⓘ |
| partOf | Manchester nightlife scene ⓘ |
| region | Greater Manchester ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Princess Street ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
students
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| usesBuildingType | converted industrial building ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Factory 251 Description of subject: Factory 251 is a well-known Manchester nightclub and live music venue housed in the former Factory Records headquarters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.